OCTOBER 7, 2020
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OBITUARIES
Connie Mae Buelow
David L. Smith
Connie Mae Buelow of Taylors Falls, Minn., died Aug. 13, 2020, at the Pillars Hospice Home in Oakdale, Minn. She was 80. Connie was born June 6, 1 1940, to Duane and Marcell Bursell in St. Paul, Minn. la Connie was preceded in d death by her parents and h sister, Mary Ellen. her She is survived by her h husband Jim; sons Marc ( (Livi) and grandchildren A Alexa and Hailey of Marine o St. Croix; Eric of Osceon o Paul (Stephanie) and ola; g grandchildren Neave and F Finn of Woodbury; stepson, G Gary (Barb) and son James o St. Paul. She is also surof vived by her cousins, nieces and nephews, and many special friends. A Celebration of Life 1for Connie will be Oct.10, at Osceola Community Church, 2492 Education Ave., Osceola, with social distancing in place. A light lunch will be service at noon with Connie’s service starting at 1 p.m. Memorials preferred to The Charis Prision Ministry of Minnesota. P.O. Box 102, Hopkins, MN 55343 or online at www.Charismn.com.
David L. Smith of Osceola, died Oct. 1, 2020. from natural causes, not Covid-19 related. He was 88. He was born in Winona, Minn., on Nov. 26, 1931, to p parents, Russell and Anna S Smith. He graduated from Alma H High School in 1950 in A Alma, Wis. College was intterrupted as he served as a ssergeant in the Korean War ffrom 1952-1954 and then g graduated from Winona S State in 1956. David married Mary Ann W Werner on June 8, 1957, iin St. Paul, Minn. He was a teacher and basketball c coach for 16 years, a land d developer, and a grain sampler for the State of Minnesota. As the point guard of the great 1947-48 basketball team, he was inducted into the Alma High School Athletic Hall of Fame. While in the Army, he played and coached his company basketball team to win the All-Korea Army Basketball Tournament. That championship led to an exhibition match against the Korean National basketball team. The U.S. Army team was victorious in overtime, thereby conferring David with a lifetime 1-0 record representing the United States in international basketball competition. He was a 4-year starter on the Winona State Warriors basketball team. While in Winona, he met a lovely librarian on a blind date. In Mary, he found a lifetime partner with a similar love for basketball. Whether supporting him while he coached the varsity teams in Pepin, Dodge Center, Oliva, or Bruce, keeping score while he coached his kids and grandkids, or just finding a local
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each other,” Robert said. “We had to become family first.” The couple are the parents of Olivia, 10 and Audrey, seven and live in Osceola. Those plans are now changed, as she will join Robert in the store’s operation, focusing on interior decorating. “We are going to treat each job like it is our own,” Robert said. “Look at them as a person and not as customers. Make them enjoy the process and giving them no stress.” Word-of-mouth has worked. “We are already getting business and we haven’t even opened,” he said. The Standfields have called this area home for the last five years. “There are a lot of good people in the area who are down to earth,” Robert said. “We love being so close to the River. Store hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesdays-Fridays and 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays. The store will be closed Sundays and Mondays. For additional information, visit floorworks.llc.
team to root for while wintering in New Orleans or San Diego, Mary and Dave made the ultimate basketball “power couple.” Dave had special love of “the Sport of Kings,” as he owned and trained several thoroughbred race horses, racing them in many states. He also loved to “play the ponies” and to host annual Kentucky Derby gatherings with dear friends. Dave was a charter member of the Big Briggs Boys hunting camp, where his skill as a hunter led to him bringing home exactly one deer in approximately 25 seasons. He typically met with more success around the camp’s poker table, but he always enjoyed the time spent with his buddies. David was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Russell “Carroll”, Gene, and Vince; sisters, Rosemary Smith and Patricia Smith Flores. He is survived by his wife Mary; sister, Eileen Paloolian of Carson City, Nev.; daughters Heidi (Mahjoub) Labyad of Duluth, Minn., Carla (Mike) Bebault of Hudson, son Paul (Janet) of Osceola; 10 grandchildren Nadia Labyad, Leila Labyad, Anissa Labyad, Zack Labyad, Rikka (Nick) Bonnell, Tyler (Afsaneh) Bebault, Hali (Michael) Weiss, Anna (Victor) Yoma, Maddie (Ashland Ellis) Smith, Emily Smith; five great-grandchildren whom he adored, and numerous beloved nieces and nephews from coast-to-coast. A private family funeral service will be held Oct. 6 at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser, with hopes of a “Celebration of Life” to be held in the future, circumstances permitting. Interment at Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Dresser. Arrangements by the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola, Wisconsin. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grandstrandfh.com In lieu of flowers, please consider memorials to Peace Lutheran Church, Dresser, or Winona State University Warrior Club Scholarship Fund: https:// www.alumni.winona.edu/page.aspx?pid=271
WEEKLY MEDITATION Help wanted signs for God’s abundant harvest BY BEN NELSON, INTERN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Autumn has officially arrived, signaling its presence with increasingly earlier nights, crisp mornings, and trees bursting forth into golden yellows, warm browns, vibrant oranges, and deep reds. I love so much of what autumn brings. Summer often sends us our separate ways, and now we return to the ritual centers of our com-
munity: weekdays in our schools, Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings in our churches, or the football stadium on a Friday night. I, and I’m sure many of you, am grieving the absence of these congregations as this pandemic persists. In my golden days, fall meant cross country season. My “Friday night lights” were instead Saturday morning meets with the boys. It’s a special feeling to stand shoulder to shoulder with your teammates, toeing the starting line with the future of your season
hanging in the balance. Those few seconds standing on your marks before the gun fires are pure euphoria. The timeline of a cross country season aligns similarly to the growing season. Running hundreds of miles beginning in May and carrying through the summer for a strong base is similar to the planting and nurturing the seeds and young plants. Athletes round into form and bear fruit as the competition season arrives in SEE MEDITATION, PAGE 15
CHURCH LISTINGS Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, all gatherings of 10 or more are being curtailed. Please call to see if church services are being held in some capacity. ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 South, St. Croix Falls 715-483-1100 www.stcroixalliance.com Lead Pastor Jeff Naegelen Co-Lead Pastor Chris Folkestad ———————— ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH East Farmington Rev. Joseph Madanu ———————— BETHANY LUTHERAN Star Prairie Pastor Dan Pennington (715) 248-3730 blcsp@frontiernet.net ———————— BETHESDA LUTHERAN LCMC 1947 110th Ave. Dresser Sand Lake 715-755-2562 www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid Associate Pastor Scott Adkins ———————— CEDARBEND CHURCH P.O. BOX 414, Osceola Matt Hayton connect@cedarbendchurch.com
SUNDAY: Worship, 10:30 a.m. at Osceola High School Auditorium. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 150 Fifth Street Marine on St. Croix, Minn. Pastor Joel Martin 651-433-3222 ———————— EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER Six miles east of Dresser on Co. Rd. F, 1751 100th Ave. Pastor Darryl R. Olson 715-755-3113 ———————— EUREKA BAPTIST CHURCH 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Seth Brickley 715-483-9464 ———————— FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 661A West Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084 651-465-6792 www.firstbaptisttaylorsfalls.com Dr. Kevin Schumann, Pastor ———————— FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 561 Chestnut St. Taylors Falls, Minn. ———————— FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 719 Nevada St. St. Croix Falls Reverend David Maghakian 715-483-3550 (office) ———————— GRACE CHURCH – OSCEOLA Pastor Mark Barlow 722 Seminole Ave. Osceola 715-417-0752 ————————
GRACE BEREAN FELLOWSHIP 421 4th Street, Centuria Duane Gallentine, Pastor 715-755-2523 FRIDAY and SUNDAY KJV Bible Study/Fellowship ———————— GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Nye Area/Wisconsin Synod 2098 70th Avenue Pastor Nile Merseth ———————— HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church 28005 Old Towne Road Chisago Lakes, Minn. 651-260-5100 www.holyx.net Fr. Bill Neumann, pastor ———————— HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 523 First Street, Clayton 715-948-2203 Father Christopher Wojcik ———————— HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 933 248th Street, one mile north of Osceola on Highway 35 Pastor Nate Roschen 715-294-2112 • www.hefc.org ———————— JOURNEY CHURCH 131 Broadway, Amery www.journeychurch.city office@journeychurch.city 715-268-2223 ———————— NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Non-denominational
201 State Hwy. 35, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 galatiansii20@yahoo.com Church office: 715-417-0945 ———————— OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH 2492 Education Drive, Osceola Larry Mederich www.occnow.org ———————— OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE 2600 65th Avenue, Osceola https: myomc.org/wellness/ spiritual-care 715-294-2111 Chapel open daily for meditation. ———————— OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 306 River Street, Osceola P.O. Box 447 Pastor Jack Starr 715-755-2275 osceolaunitedmethodistchurch@gmail.com ———————— PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA), 2355 Clark Rd., Dresser 715-755-2515• plcdresser.org Pastor Melissa Carmack Find us on Facebook! peace@centurytel.net ———————— PRAIRIEVIEW COVENANT CHURCH OF NEW RICHMOND 1396 210th Ave. 2 miles north of New Richmond on Hwy. 65 Pastor Rudy King 715-248-0600 ———————— REDEEMER EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH Wisconsin Synod Corner of Adams & Louisiana St. Croix Falls Rev. Timothy Blauert 715-483-3401 ———————— RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH LIGHTHOUSE 1289 160th Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 715-483-5378 Pastor Jonah Fetzer ———————— ST. ANNE PARISH 139 Church Hill Road Somerset, WI 54025 715-247-3310 Rev. Joseph Madanu ———————— ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Upper St. Croix Parish 300 North Adams Street St. Croix Falls 715-483-9494 churches@centurytel.net umstcroixfallswolfcreek.org Pastor Ran Yoo Pastor Kooko Kim ———————— ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 201 N. Adams, St. Croix Falls www.scuuf.org Rev. Kelli Clement ———————— ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH Franconia, MN 651-465-7345 www.stfrancisfranconia.org Fr. John Drees
———————— ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC Osceola Rev. Joseph Madanu 715-294-2243 ———————— ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC 490 Bench Street Taylors Falls, Minnesota 651-465-7345 www.stjosephtaylorsfalls.org Fr. John Drees ———————— SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD 140 Madison Street St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark Schoen 715-483-1186 ———————— TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) 300 Seminole Ave., (Ct H M) Osceola 715-294-2828 • www.trinityosceola.com Pastor David Rosenow (920-645-7526) ———————— TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GARFIELD 1578 85th Ave., Amery Pastor Lori Peper 715-268-9577 ———————— WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN (ELCA), 447 180th St., Osceola www.westimmanuel.org Interim Pastor Matt Saarem SUNDAY: ———————— WORD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP Cliff Bjork, (651) 465-7373 366 Bench St., Taylors Falls, Minn. ————————
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